Discovery Updates

Hello Friends! My hope and prayer is that your new year is full of awe, reverence, and a sense of the adventure that is the with God life. I am so excited about our new journey we are calling Practice. We are now into our second practice: Fasting(coupled with our first practice: Sabbath). So far the conversations that we are having together have been so fun and rich as w...

2019 has been a year of growth in clarity about our mission as a church. We are a community that exists to help people discover the good news of Jesus. We are seeing the fruit of this in baptisms, lives transformed, and in our church serving in all sorts of new ways. Let me share a few specific wins from 2019: We added Grace Cooper (Children's Ministry Director) to our...

Hello! Thank you for your response to the Backpack drive this year. We were able to deliver 48 backpacks to Montgomery Elementary this week (plus a ton of extra school supplies). Well done! This was a great opportunity to further our relationship with this school.Speaking of schools, I want to invite you all to join us on Wednesday August 28th at Walnut Park (right next t...

Hello Friends,There has been a wonderful vibe at our Sunday gatherings over the past several weeks!We're seeing a lot of new folks getting connected in community and that is a beautiful thing. Several of our groups are bursting at the seams and getting ready to multiply. And I continue to be so impressed with all of your generosity. There is some wonderful momentum buildi...

Happy Spring Discovery!I have three simple updates for you this month. First, we are celebrating the addition of Yuan Cheng to our elder team. Yuan and Joy are a gift to our community, and I already see Yuan adding tremendous value to the leadership and care of the church.Second, we have had a good response so far to the giving challenge we issued at the end of January. F...

Hello Friends!By now you've probably heard me make this speech a few times, but I'll say it again: at Discovery we aim to structure ourselves very simply. By focusing on Gatherings, Groups, and Generosity we hope to provide space for community, joy, and authenticity to multiply as we point people to the good news about Jesus. One of the things I am most excited about for ...

Happy 2019 Discovery! This month I want to begin by thanking you all for helping us finish 2018strong financially. You can access your 2018 year end giving statements via Discovery Connect(Get Statement). If you need helplogging in or accessing your giving statement you can view further instructionsor email us.Along those lines, this coming week our conversation will be fo...

Merry Christmas Discovery!It's amazing to think that we've now been here for 6 months. We continue to be so grateful for all of you and for warmly welcoming us into the Discovery family. We look forward to all God has in store for us in the upcoming year.Next month I will outline for us some of the key developments that lie ahead in 2019, but to help us end 2018 well I wan...

Hello Friends! As we move forward together one of our goals is to create more and more alignment around three critical environments: GatheringsGroupsGenerosity I use the word environment very intentionally. According to Webster, an environment is the "surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates." Rather than building programs, we are...

Welcome to Fall in Davis. This is a season of new beginnings for us and we anticipate God doing some great things in the coming months.I want us to look back, though, for a moment. Earlier in the summer I wrote to you about our hopes for two new additions to our team, and God has provided them! We are so stoked to welcome Claire Hoffart and Amanda Hovanian.Claire is now ou...